This reminds me of a story of Mount Everest - apparently the people who did the first measurement had it come in at exactly 29,000 feet - so they said 29,002 to

This reminds me of a story of Mount Everest - apparently the people who did the first measurement had it come in at exactly 29,000 feet - so they said 29,002 to make it sound like they weren't making it up. Official measurement now is 29,032 feet.